Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific Finals
Last weekend eight members of our BYS Youth Squad travelled to Newcastle to compete in the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific Finals. The regatta was contested by 15 teams from clubs all around Australia, racing in a short course fleet racing format. BYS was lucky enough to send two teams after a great performance […]
Inaugural J/70 Victorian Championship
Seven Victorian crews were joined by Australia’s number 1 & 2 ranked teams from NSW to contest the first ever J/70 Victorian State Championships this past weekend at BYS. Several BYS teams were forced to engage in last-minute ring arounds, hopeful of locking in sailors free of Covid-19 isolation orders & resulting in some interesting […]
BYS dominates at Sail Peninsula
Six of Blairgowrie’s brightest and best took out the AMS teams event and placed second on ORCC at Sail Peninsula 2022 at Martha Cove the weekend before last. The regatta has become a terrific annual event hosted by Safety Beach Sailing Club, with 60 entries this year. A twilight stern chaser kicks things off on […]
2020 Victorian Minnow Championship
Over the weekend of 26 & 27 February, 12 of our BYS Minnow Sailors ventured over to Williamstown Sailing Club to participate in the Victorian Championship. For some, this was their very first regatta. 27 sailors competed across the two fleets, Open Fleet and Novice Fleet. Our BYS team did exceptionally well, bringing home the […]
Sail Sandy
It was great to see Sail Sandy return to the Victorian regatta calendar after a 2-year absence. BYS had 4 youth sailors representing the club at the regatta, Hamish Cowell and Lucas James in the Laser Radials (now officially re named the ILCA 6 Dinghy) with Charley McCarthy and Angus McIntyre joining the Laser 4.7 […]
47th Victorian Sabre Championship
A spectacular fleet of 90 boats converged on BYS over the weekend of 19 & 20 Feb to contest the 47th Victorian Sabre State Titles. The fleet boasted many former State & National champions, World Champions from other classes, the broadest possible range of age groups and a strong contingent of female competitors…all eager to […]
Trivia night fundraiser
Thinking of a fun activity to do over the Labour Day long weekend in March? Look no further than the BYS Trivia Night which will be held on Sunday 13 March at 7:30 pm. This trivia night is a fundraising event to help our J70 Youth Squad compete in the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific […]
2022 Women’s Sportsboat Regatta
BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta 19 & 20 November 2022 RACE DOCUMENTS AND ENTRY Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron is pleased to invite all competitors to the inaugural 2022 Women’s Sportsboat Regatta to be held at Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November 2022. The regatta, supported by the Australian Sailing SheSails pathway […]
Sailing Champions League qualifier at RGYC
BYS made up two of the eight competitive teams that raced in Geelong last week, attempting to qualify for the Asia Pacific Final in March. “Over the Australia Day week, BYS had two teams competing in the Sailing Champions League qualifier event in Geelong. BYS 1 was helmed by Ethan O’Brien and had Hannah Danks, […]
2022 Melges 24 National Championships
A small, but select international fleet contested the 2022 National Melges 24 National Championships as part of last week’s Festival of Sails at Royal Geelong Yacht Club. While the boat numbers were down, affected by Covid, the quality of sailing wasn’t impacted. BYS was represented by Cobra 24 skippered by Andrew Colliver with the crew of Blair […]
